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The issue is what Obama does in regard to Israeli interests… Continue reading
To understand what happened one must examine the long negotiations on this issue… Continue reading
Obama doesn’t get it… Continue reading
The Obama visit to Israel has become an unlimited love fest with expressions of mutual admiration and total agreement… Continue reading
Rubin explains how the Middle East and Obama’s policies are distorted by the ruling establishment and misunderstood by the opposition… Continue reading
The Turkish-Iranian relationship is primed for problems due to differing geopolitical and sectarian interests… Continue reading
Part two of Barry Rubin’s life work…. Continue reading
Think about the kind of mental construct that could produce this State of the Union address… Continue reading
The real lessons of 1956… Continue reading
This whole thing isn’t going to work… Continue reading
Obama should have to pay for his pro-Islamist behavior in public opinion and the loss of congressional support… Continue reading
Why didn’t Obama go at a time when it would presumably have benefited him politically… Continue reading
2012 will likely be remembered as the year that Islamists made the greatest gains in their quest for a new caliphate in the region… Continue reading
One of the main features of misguided contemporary foreign policy debate is the corruption of the concept of Realism… Continue reading
U.S. intelligence community ponders the impact of Turkey’s growing significance in global affairs… Continue reading
Kerry isn’t just wrong, he’s totally clueless… Continue reading
The Syrian civil war will go on until one side wins and the other loses. And a lot more people are going to die… Continue reading
If the Israel-Palestinian situation were to be considered to be like a hand grenade, the “international community” has just pulled the pin and thrown it away… Continue reading
Something very bad is happening with the U.S. foreign policy debate… Continue reading
Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land… Continue reading
The United States has taken a political turn which at least for the next four years will guarantee that it does not play the role of a great power… Continue reading
What’s the major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term… Continue reading
On November 26, 2012, several newspapers reported that Israel and Turkey had resumed reconciliation talks between senior officials, marking a profound change since the low-point in relations occurred in the aftermath of the Gaza aid flotilla in 2010… Continue reading
By essentially unilaterally declaring the existence of an Arab Palestine, the world has abrogated the Oslo accords… Continue reading
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s said some very interesting and revealing things in her appearance at the Saban Center’s gala dinner, November 30. They are, however, being quoted out of context… Continue reading
The Turkish presumption to be a “model” for the Middle East will be undermined if the United States were to withdraw from the affairs of the region… Continue reading
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech to the UN General Assembly, November 29, 2012
The United Nations General Assembly voted, as expected, in favor of upgrading the Palestinians’ status to that of a non-member observer state. Prior to Thursday’s vote, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly… Continue reading
The United Nations General Assembly voted, as expected, in favor of upgrading the Palestinians’ status to that of a non-member observer state. Prior to Thursday’s vote, Ambassador of Israel to the UN Ron Prosor addressed the UN General Assembly… Continue reading
UN: Palestine is Now a Non-Member State; Reality: Palestine Will Continue to be a Non-Existent State
The UN will give Palestine the status of a non-member state. The only thing that will change is to convince people even more that they are following a clever and successful strategy. They aren’t… Continue reading
The European Commission issued its most critical report on Turkey’s progress towards meeting the criteria for EU membership since accession negotiations were formally inaugurated in 2005… Continue reading
Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of fighting, promising to halt air strikes and rocket attacks… Continue reading
Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party has been well served by the confrontational style of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Continue reading
A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas… Continue reading
The Obama Administration is secretly negotiating with Iran… Continue reading
The Syrian crisis is a good test of the strength of the Russia-Turkish detente… Continue reading
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